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The City Council on Friday approved a $1.1-million loan for a controversial Northeast Los Angeles housing development in what could be a series of battles pitting single-family neighborhoods against government-funded affordable housing. More than 75 placard-carrying residents of the Hillside Village neighborhood appeared before the council to complain that development of the site, which is zoned for at least 85 rental units, could harm the fabric of their Lincoln Park area neighborhood.

In an old building in South-Central, Trinidad Dumas and his employees piece together fabric in his clothing manufacturing company. And in their way, they also add pieces to the fast-growing fabric of Latino-owned businesses in Los Angeles County. Dumas has struggled to keep his small company afloat on sheer entrepreneurial instinct, with no formal business training and little help from city government or financial institutions.

A Los Angeles City Council committee Wednesday approved a $1.1-million loan commitment for an 85-unit housing project near Lincoln Park in East Los Angeles. Despite concerns by residents that the site contains toxic pollutants, the council's Community Redevelopment and Housing Committee approved the loan after a hydrogeologist who prepared the report testified that the cost for cleaning the chemicals should amount to no more than $75,000.

The City Council on Friday approved a $1.1-million loan for a controversial Northeast Los Angeles housing development in what could be a series of battles pitting single-family neighborhoods against government-funded affordable housing. More than 75 placard-carrying residents of the Hillside Village neighborhood appeared before the council to complain that development of the site, which is zoned for at least 85 rental units, could harm the fabric of their Lincoln Park area neighborhood.

In an old building in South-Central, Trinidad Dumas and his employees piece together fabric in his clothing manufacturing company. And in their way, they also add pieces to the fast-growing fabric of Latino-owned businesses in Los Angeles County. Dumas has struggled to keep his small company afloat on sheer entrepreneurial instinct, with no formal business training and little help from city government or financial institutions.

A Los Angeles City Council committee Wednesday approved a $1.1-million loan commitment for an 85-unit housing project near Lincoln Park in East Los Angeles. Despite concerns by residents that the site contains toxic pollutants, the council's Community Redevelopment and Housing Committee approved the loan after a hydrogeologist who prepared the report testified that the cost for cleaning the chemicals should amount to no more than $75,000.